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Top Supply Chain Stories by Month 1H 2025

Supply Chain Digest

News that 3PL giant DHL will buy more than 1000 robots from Boston Dynamics, according to a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the two firms. The agreement is for deployment of Boston Dynamics Stretch robot - designed for case handling and initially deployed by DHL to automate container unloading.

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Top Supply Chain Challenges for CPG companies in 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

The classical approach involves functional silos, sequential decisions, and Excel and people to render a plan executable. Big data is used to understand a customer’s propensity to buy, the tendency to return, conversion of clicks to orders, demand sensing signals, individualized promotions, etc.

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Let the Design Begin…

Supply Chain Shaman

They came to Boston to tell us the story of Llamasoft. With the purchase of i2 by JDA, and Logictools by IBM, manufacturing companies serious about network design started looking for a company, with a well-established community, that was more serious about network design. As I listened, I began to reflect. Reflections.

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Will the Downturn Signal an Upturn?

Supply Chain Shaman

It was a cold, crisp winter in Boston. During that winter, I was staying at the Westin in Boston and working remotely. The inherent buying patterns of consumers are also changing. Purchases in the center store of the grocery store are in decline, and apparel tastes are shifting. So why have companies not done this?

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

AMR Research was an industry analyst firm in Boston. Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) Driving Improvements in Supply Chain Excellence. I did not think that anyone had a clear definition of supply chain excellence. We don’t have a clear industry definition of supply chain excellence. I disagreed.

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7 Ways to Strategically Elevate Freight Procurement

Talking Logistics

Volatility in pricing trends are opportunities to lock in contractual rates, though shippers and logistics providers must also maintain flexibility to leverage spot buys as needed. Adopt performance metrics for carriers. Keep in touch with market realities. It is still a people business. He currently serves as Sr.

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Insights from Elemica reveal 2014 Frankfurt

Talking Logistics

What do the Germany World Cup Team and the Boston Red Sox have in common? Several customers addressed those questions in excellent case study presentations: Dr. Bernhard Herzog, Oxea GmbH – “Business Impact of a Supply Chain Operating Network”. The answer: Both teams illustrate that past performance is no guarantee of future results.